Saint
Bodmaël
A saint venerated in the Western Church, of whom few details survive.
- Era
- 7th century
Life
Saint Bodmaël (also called Bodvaël or Bothmaël) is a Breton saint of the 5th or 6th century, remembered on 12 March. The name is said to come from the Gaulish word bodd, "good will", and the Celtic maël, "prince, lord".
Originally from Wales or Ireland, he is said to have established an oratory on Île Maudez, where the circular foundations of the cells and traces of the chapel have been found. According to a hagiographical controversy, he may be the same as Saint Budoc: under the name Bothmael, Budoc appears in the Latin Life of Saint Maudez as his disciple. A statue of the saint stands in the chapel of Saint-Maudez at Kermouster, a hamlet of Lézardrieux.